zábst

Czech

Alternative forms

• zábnout

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech ziebsti, from Proto-Slavic *zęti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzaːpst]

Verb

zábst impf

1. to be cold, to freeze

   Zebou mě nohy. / Zebe mě do nohou. ― My feet are cold.

   Zábly mě nohy. / Záblo mě do nohou. ― My feet were cold.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	zábst, zábsti	Active adjective	zeboucí
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	zebu	zebeme	—	zebme
2nd person	zebeš	zebete	zeb	zebte
3rd person	zebe	zebou	—	—

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive zábst.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	zábl	zábli	—	—
masculine inanimate		zábly		—
feminine	zábla		—
neuter	záblo	zábla	—	—

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	zeba	—
feminine + neuter singular	zebouc	—
plural	zebouce	—

Derived terms

• vyzáblý
• vyzábnout

 

Related terms

• znobit
• zub

 

Further reading

• “zábsti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “zábsti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “zábst”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)